Barrette.



No. 897,188. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908. W. s. BEGHTOLD.

BARRETTE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.19, 1908.

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WILLIAM S. BEOHTOLD, OF NEWARKQNEW JERSEY.

BABRETTE.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed March 19, 1908, Serial. No. 422,177.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. BECHTOLD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrettes,of which. the following is a specification. My invention relates tobar-pins, or barrettes, for keeping the hair tidy on a womans head; andit has for its object a barrette which is extremely simple in itsconstruction,

and will keep the loose and stray hair away from the neck and can besecurely held within the hair.

For this purpose my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is atop view of the improved barrette. Figs.'2 and 3 are side elevationsshowlog the tongue of the barrette in locked and unlocked positionrespectively.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views Referring, to the drawings, 10 indicates a frame ofcelluloid, tortoise shell or the like, formingthc back or body portionof the barrette and is concave on its inner face.' 'At one end of saidframe 10 is provided a hinge piece 11, and at the other end a hook 12. Aresilient tongue or pin 13 preferably narrow is pivotally connccted'tosaid back or body 10 as by pivoting it at one end to the hinge piece 11,its other end being arranged to enter into locking engagement with thehook 12. This narrow tongue is placed edgewise with respect to saidback, as shown, and its lower edge in the free and unlocked position,Fig. ,3, departs gradually for the greater part of its length from theconcavity of said back or body 10. Only a small part of the lower edge,at some suitable point -a s .at' 14, 4appreaches or comes into actualcontact with the concave back 10 when the said tongue 1 3 is in the freeor unlocked position shown n Fig: 3. The locking end 15 of saidtongu'e'is rest of said tongue, thereby making the same relatively moreflexible, for the purpose hereinafter set furth.

As the tongue 13 is depressed into a position for locking the same inhook 12 to hold the barrette'within the hair, the part 14 will firstcome into contact with the back 10' or with the hair between it and theback, affording a fulcrum about which to bend the lower locked positionde edge into a position in which it conforms substantially to theconcavity of the back 10, the ton ue, 13 being then also under atension, loc ed and held in hook 12. The tongue 13 in this position willthen tightly lock' the hair between it and the back 10, and the barretteis thereby itself securely held within the hair. To facilitatetheunlocking of said tongue, I prefer to make the end 15 of reduceddimensions as set forth, it being neces sary in order to unlock saidtongue, only to press upon said more flexible end and snap the tongueout sidewise.

I claim:-

1. A barrette, or hair retainer, comprising: a relatively broad, concaveback or body portion; a hook secured thereto at one end a single,resilient, narrow tongue pivoted to the other end thereof and placededgewise with respect to said back and having a curved lower edge, andbeing when locked in said hook under a tension and the intermediateportion of its lower edge conforming substantially to the concavity ofthe said back or body portion.

2. A barrette, or hair retainer,'comprising: a relatively broad, concaveback or end; a single, resilient, narrow tongue pivoted to the other endthereof and placed edgewise with respect to, said back and its loweredge being curved, and when in free and unarting gradually for thegreater part of its ength from the concavity ofsaid back or bodyportion, but when in lockedposition conforming substantially theretothroughout its intermediate portion.

3. A barrette, or hair retainer, comprising: a relatively broad, concaveback or body portion; a. hook secured thereto at one end; a single,resilient, narrow tongue pivoted to the other end thereof and placededgewise with respect to said back and its lower ed e being curved andwhen in free and un-, locked position departing for the greater part ofits length from the concavity of said back or bod portion, and itslocking. end fora short istance being of relatively reduced dimensions.

Signed at Newark in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey this17th day of March A. D. 1908.

' WILLIAMS. BECHTOLD. Witnesses: 7 1 Fannn- F. Scnunrz,

A. P. LAMBnEcnT;

